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Filing AI's Fake Cases Can Land Attys Big Fines Or Nothing
Legal ethics experts say they're trying to make sense of a wide variety of sanctions in recent high-profile cases in which lawyers have submitted legal briefs with fake case citations written by artificial intelligence.
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3 Ex-Cooley IP Attys Help Launch New Fenwick Boston Office
Fenwick & West LLP said Monday it has opened a temporary office in Boston with three new intellectual property partners, including Matthew Pavao, Cooley LLP's former global patent prosecution and counseling group chair, with plans to open a permanent space in the future.
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21 AGs Back WilmerHale, Jenner & Block Over Trump Order
A coalition of 21 attorneys general Friday filed briefs in support of WilmerHale and Jenner & Block LLP as the firms challenge President Donald Trump's retaliatory executive orders in D.C. federal court, arguing that the directives unconstitutionally punish the firms for representing people and causes the president doesn't like.
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Greenspoon Marder Promotes 4 Attys To Partner
Full-service law firm Greenspoon Marder LLP promoted four attorneys in different offices to partner roles, the firm announced.
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Wilkinson Stekloff Announces Surprise Midyear Bonuses
Trial boutique Wilkinson Stekloff LLP on Friday announced surprise midyear bonuses of as much as $60,000 for associates, plus other bonuses for midlevel lawyers and nonattorney staff, according to an internal email obtained by Law360 Pulse.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP and Murray Osorio PLLC lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court largely upheld a federal judge's order requiring the Trump administration to quickly bring back a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador and imprisoned there.
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Meet The Judge Targeted By Admin In Jenner & Block Suit
The D.C. federal judge facing criticism from the Trump administration over his ruling in Jenner & Block's lawsuit against the U.S. Justice Department — and no stranger to ire from Trump and his allies — is a long-serving and experienced judge who has been director of the federal judiciary and presiding judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.
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McGuireWoods Consulting Names New Federal Affairs Leader
McGuireWoods Consulting, the lobbying subsidiary of law firm McGuireWoods LLP, has tapped one of its senior vice presidents who has over a decade of experience in state and federal government to take over leadership of its federal affairs group.
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Paul Hastings Hosts First Hackathon For Law Students
Paul Hastings' fintech practice group hosted last month the law firm's first-ever hackathon where students presented "innovative" ideas for regulating digital assets such as cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens.
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Buchalter Hires Ex-Axiom Advice & Counsel Managing Partner
Buchalter PC announced Friday the hiring of a former managing partner from Arizona law firm Axiom Advice & Counsel as a shareholder for Buchalter's real estate practice group in Scottsdale.
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Holland & Hart Adds 2 More Ariz. Perkins Coie Enviro Attys
Holland & Hart LLP is continuing to expand its environmental bench, announcing that it has welcomed two Perkins Coie lawyers to the Phoenix office it opened last month with two former Perkins Coie partners.
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Mayer Brown Brings Dechert Cap Markets Atty To Dubai Office
Mayer Brown LLP announced that it has brought a capital markets lawyer from Dechert LLP to its Dubai office, touting his talents as an adviser to sovereign entities, financial institutions, sovereign wealth funds and asset managers.
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How Excello Law Opened Its 1st US Office In Santa Barbara
Law360 Pulse caught up with longtime California litigator J. Paul Gignac to discuss how he launched the first U.S. office for England-based firm Excello Law in Santa Barbara.
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Weber Gallagher Opens In Long Island With 7 Pillinger Attys
Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby LLP has opened an office in Long Island, New York, with seven attorneys and three other legal professionals from Pillinger Miller Tarallo LLP.
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5 BigLaw Firms Strike Deals With Trump Administration
The world's highest-grossing law firm, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, is among a group of five BigLaw firms that have reached deals with President Donald Trump's administration to stave off executive orders that could have pulled their federal security clearances and hampered their ability to serve as legal counsel to the federal government and its contractors, according to social media posts by the president Friday.
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Littler Promotes Leaders In Marketing, Business Development
Littler Mendelson PC has elevated two longtime employees to new roles, the management-side employment and labor law firm said.
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How Political Tumult May Impact BigLaw's New Atty Recruiting
As large law firms strike deals and take other actions to avoid punitive measures imposed by the Trump administration over their representation of certain clients and their internal diversity efforts, law students have expressed opposition to those deals.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry has had another busy week with another executive order targeting a law firm, several lateral moves and notable office changes. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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HSF London Partner Joins Jones Day's NY Office
Jones Day has recruited a long-serving partner from Herbert Smith Freehills LLP for its New York office, the second departure from HSF in London in a week.
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NY M&A Partner Moves Surge As Firms Target Lateral Hires
As New York continues to lead as the global epicenter of merger and acquisition activity, a new report from the legal search firm Macrae shows that top firms are increasingly betting on lateral hires to drive growth, with partner moves reaching a five-year high in 2024.
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Mondelez In-House Atty Returns To Ogletree Deakins In NJ
Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC's Morristown, New Jersey, office this week has welcomed back a former partner with 15 years of legal experience who left the firm for an in-house role at the food company Mondelez International.
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BigLaw Shying Away From Some Pro Bono Work 'Out Of Fear'
Amid President Donald Trump's executive orders targeting BigLaw firms, nonprofit leaders whose organizations have long worked with the industry tell Law360 Pulse they have seen attorneys shy away from certain legal work that may be looked on unfavorably by the administration.
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Lowenstein Sandler Doubling DC Office Space By Next Year
Lowenstein Sandler LLP will take over an entire floor in its current Washington, D.C., office building, doubling its footprint, to keep up with demand in the nation's capital, office managing partner Zarema A. Jaramillo told Law360 Pulse in an interview Thursday.
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Davis Wright Launches Recruitment, Retention Departments
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP has created two new departments to focus on recruiting and professional development for its lawyers and business professionals, tapping two firm executives to lead those efforts and help drive the firm's growth.
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Magic Circle Hiring Surges In New York's M&A Market
Magic Circle firms have gone from making no hires to nearly a dozen a year in New York's mergers and acquisitions market, as they continue to target growth in the world's most lucrative jurisdiction, according to research published Thursday.